The boy, now nine years old, lost his father, mother, brother and maternal great-grandparents in a cable car accident on Lake Maggiore.
The Israeli boy, now nine years old, who was the only one to survive the cable car accident on Monte Mottarone, on Lake Maggiore, in 2021, will receive more than three million euros in compensation, according to a definitive agreement between the parties involved .
Therefore, the boy's lawyer will withdraw his request for admission as a civil plaintiff in the criminal trial in Verbania, which will continue on Tuesday.
Compensation will be paid by the South Tyrolean cable car company Leitner and Reale Mutua, the insurance company of the cable car operator “Ferrovie del Mottarone” and the defendant, Italian media reported.
Bitter custody battle
In the cable car accident on May 23, 2021, 14 people died, including the father, mother, brother and maternal great-grandparents of the surviving boy. The child has been at the center of a bitter custody battle between the paternal and maternal sides of her family for months. The child was then entrusted to his paternal aunt.
In Verbania, six people are accused in the trial of the cable car accident on Lake Maggiore, including three representatives of the Leitner company. A compensation agreement was reached in January between the Leitner company and the 76 family members of the 14 victims of the tragedy. Neither the values nor the content were disclosed to the public.